By Janie Har/Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Security guard Eric Leon watches the Knightscope K5 security robot as it glides through the mall, charming shoppers with its blinking blue and white lights. The brawny automaton records video and sounds alerts. According to its maker, it deters mischief just by making the rounds. Leon, the
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Category: Business Features
Now at Whole Foods: Cheaper milk, “farm fresh” Amazon Echo
By Joseph Pisani /AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A half-gallon of milk was 50 cents cheaper at a Whole Foods in New York. Ground beef was down by $2 a pound. And an organic avocado cost a buck less. Amazon kicked off its first day as the owner of Whole Foods by slashing
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As the laid-off struggle, high-tech US plants offer jobs
By Dan Sewell and Christopher S. Rugaber /Associated Press Writers NORWOOD, Ohio (AP) — Herbie Mays is 3M proud, and it shows — in the 3M shirt he wears; in the 3M ring he earned after three decades at the company’s plant in suburban Cincinnati; in the way he shows off a card from a
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Don’t fall for these financial scams
By Joseph Pisani/AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Beware of the stranger on the phone — it could be a scammer. Fraudsters are increasingly picking up the phone and using old-school tricks to steal your money by pretending to be a government worker or a family member in trouble. Impostor scams overtook identity theft last year
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Workplace accident death rate higher for older workers
By Maria Ines Zamudio and Michelle Minkoff/Associated Press Older people are dying on the job at a higher rate than workers overall, even as the rate of workplace fatalities decreases, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal statistics. It’s a trend that’s particularly alarming as baby boomers reject the traditional retirement age of 65 and
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Hundreds show up for jobs at Amazon warehouses in US cities
By Matt O’Brien/AP Technology Writer FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — Hundreds of people showed up Wednesday for a chance to pack and ship products to Amazon customers, as the e-commerce company held a giant job fair at nearly a dozen U.S. warehouses. Though it’s common for Amazon to ramp up its shipping center staff in
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Gilbert: ‘We screwed up’ on mostly-white crowd in Detroit ad
DETROIT (AP) — A billionaire businessman has apologized for his real estate company’s controversial sign in downtown Detroit that says “See Detroit Like We Do” with an image of a mostly-white crowd. Quicken Loans Founder and Cleveland Cavaliers majority owner Dan Gilbert posted on Facebook Sunday, saying his Bedrock company “screwed up badly.” “Although not
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Idaho man jumps out of a plane 40 times a week for a living
By Torrie Cope/Idaho Press-Tribune CALDWELL, Idaho (AP) — Fourth of July revelers in Caldwell turned toward the sky this year not for fireworks but for the spectacle of a man jumping out of a plane with a 1,800-square-foot flag waving high over their heads. That man is 24-year-old John Alcorn, a skydiving instructor at Sky
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Idaho man jumps out of a plane 40 times a week for a living
By Torrie Cope/Idaho Press-Tribune CALDWELL, Idaho (AP) — Fourth of July revelers in Caldwell turned toward the sky this year not for fireworks but for the spectacle of a man jumping out of a plane with a 1,800-square-foot flag waving high over their heads. That man is 24-year-old John Alcorn, a skydiving instructor at Sky
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Idaho community rallies around targeted refugee business
By Kristin Rodine/Idaho Statesman BOISE, Idaho (AP) — What a difference a community makes. When Salam Bunyan of Boise arrived at his Middle Eastern restaurant one morning last week, he was met by hateful graffiti featuring a swastika and the word “rapeugees.” The chalk message quickly hit local news sites. Days later, when Bunyan arrived
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